US Lawmakers Attempt Pay Bump After 15 Years of Frozen Salaries
- House lawmakers to vote this week on cost-of-living raises
- Salary of $174,000 said to hurt recruiting diverse candidates
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US lawmakers haven’t had a pay raise in 15 years, and representatives from Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene to progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to do something about it.
It’s a politically risky move for lawmakers to vote just months before the November election to boost their own government salaries. Many vulnerable incumbents say it’s not worth the reward.